This author included "Previous Condition" in his collection Going to Meet the Man, and the Creole makes jazz music with the title character at the end of his short story "Sonny's Blues." In this man's second novel, the protagonist kills the gay bar owner Guillaume. This man described a meeting with 
This author included "Previous Condition" in his collection Going to Meet the Man, and the Creole makes jazz music with the title character at the end of his short story "Sonny's Blues." In this man's second novel, the protagonist kills the gay bar owner Guillaume. This man described a meeting with Louis Farrakhan in "Down at the Cross," an essay collected with [*] "My Dungeon Shook." One novel by this man includes sections about the prayers of Florence and Elizabeth, after which Gabriel is revealed not to be John Grimes's father. For 10 points, name this African American novelist who wrote Giovanni's Room, The Fire Next Time, and Go Tell It on the Mountain.
This author included "Previous Condition" in his collection Going to Meet the Man, and the Creole makes jazz music with the title character at the end of his short story "Sonny's Blues.
James {Baldwin}